Insertion-pad holder



23g, 1924. J. E. MYERS INSERTION PAD HOLDER Filed May 19. i921 Patented Get. 28, 1921i,

lTED ST JOSEPH E. MYERS, OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.-

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Application filed May 19, l1921. Serial No. 470,773.

To all 'Lo/0m it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH E. MYERS, of the United States Army, a citizen of the United States of America, have7 invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Insertion-Pad Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for holdng insertable pads, check books, and the ike.

An object of my invention is to produce a holder for such pads wherein the pads may be inserted with accuracy and with little effort, and from which they may not be easily or accidentally removed.

Another object is to produce a pad holder of simple design, which may be made easily and cheaply.

A further object is to provide, in suoli holders, saw-tooth means for engaging and positively holding the side edges of the pad, whereby the individual leaves are but slightly disturbed and not damaged.

My invention comprises those novel parts and combinations thereof which are shown in the accompanying drawings, described in the specification, and particularly defined by the claims terminating the same.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention in forms which are now preferred by me.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a preferred form of my device in use to hold a check book stub, parts of the check book and cover being broken away.

Figure 2 is a section through one side of the pad, showing the manner in which it is secured in the holder l Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure l, of a modified form.

Figure 4 is a View thereof similar to Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a furtherl modification.

A flange 3, upturned from an end of a base l, serves as a stop against which the end of a pad or check book stub 2 abuts. The flange 3 may be made separate from the base l, and be secured thereto, or formed from the same piece of metal, as is shown herein. In the preferred form shown in Figures 1 and 2, the ends 4 of the flange 3 are bent inwardly so that they are parallel to the side edges of the stub or pad 2, and are again bent at right angles, as shown at 5, inwardly towards the pad edges. This forms inwardly facing holding jaws', and whenv the arms 4, carrying the pad-engagin teeth,

are supported only from one edge, t ere is a certain flexibility in the jaws thus formed.

The shape of the teeth is relatively unimportant, although I have shown the preferred form of these, in Figures l and2. The uppermost tooth, 6, has its upper edge decidedly inclined downwardly. The upper and loweredges of the lower teeth 7 are nearly straight and parallel, and terminate in a downwardly inclined point. The teeth are all spaced, and the edge of the metal extending between them is vertical.

The pad is inserted by pressing it down ward between the aws 4. The resilience of these jaws, and the action of the stiftl pad upon the inclined u per surfaces of the teeth 6 permits sprea ing of the jaws sufficiently to receive the pad. Once in place, the teeth 7 fit between individual leaves, the edges of which abut against thev vertical edges ofthe metal joining the teeth, as shown in Figure 2, and the pad can only be removed with difficulty. The engagement of the holder is only with the side edges of the pad or stub book, near one end, leaving the entire surface thereof free for writing. It iseasy to remove a single leaf at a time, as the leaf itself is eXible, sufficiently stiff to resist attempts to remove it.

Figure 3 illustrates a modified form, `wherein slots 3l are provided in the ends of the fiange 3, near its ends. Through these slots are passed the ends of the resilient strip 4l, which carrythe arms 4 and teeth 6 and 7l. Theseteeth 71 differ from the teeth 7 only in that they are broader and are not spaced at their bases. They are substantially duplicates of the tooth 6. Itis apparent that other types of teeth, or the type shown in Figures l and 2, might be employed here, if desired.

The pad is inserted as describedabove, but it may be withdrawn by pressing the strip 4l towards the flange 3. This spreads the arms 4, and disengages the teeth from the pad.

In the construction shown in Figure 5 the arms 42 are pivoted at 43 upon the ends of the flange 3. A spring 44 at each pivot but a pad is tendsto close the jaws inward. Sinall release arms 8 are bent outwardly from the arms 42, by means of which the jaws may be opened to release the pad. l

In all forms it is desirable to permanently secure the base t0 a support, and any suitable .securing means may be employed. I have shown, in Figures l, 2, and 3, triangular lugs 11` eut partly from the metal of the'base, and bent downward therefrom to pass through the cheek book cover 9, and thenY laterally, to hold the device in place.

`What l claim as my invention is:

1. An insertion pad holder comprising u base, an end 'iange upturned therefrom,

holding' jaws resilientlyy supported from said ytlange, and -downwaidly-inelined teeth inturned from said jaws to engage only the side edges of a pad.

2. Pad-holding Vmeans for insertion pad holders comprising two sets of opposed, vertically-spaced, resiliently connected, and downwardly inclined teeth-adapted to engage only the side edges of a pad and to be inserted between leaves thereof7 the edge of the material between teeth being vertical.

Signed at Seattle, King County, Washington this 18th day of March 1921.

JOSEPH n. MYERS. 

